Which to use
“emotional” and “emotionale” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,654
- “emotional” frequency rank
- #8,352
- “emotionale” frequency rank
- 15006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emotional | emotionale |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit Gefühlen (Emotionen) zu tun habend | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs emotional |
Where the eye mixes emotional and emotionale
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. emotional runs 9 letters (VCVCVVCVC) against emotionale's 10 (VCVCVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: emotional vs emotionale
A purely visual mix-up. emotional ([ˌemot͡si̯oˈnaːl]) and emotionale ([ˌemot͡si̯oˈnaːlə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “emotional” sits inside “emotionale”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emotional is recorded at frequency rank #6,654, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˌemot͡si̯oˈnaːl]. emotionale is at rank #8,352, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˌemot͡si̯oˈnaːlə].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 15006, this pair ranks #1,947,127 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of emotional vs emotionale
Shared letters: aeilmnot. Private to "emotional": -. Private to "emotionale": -.
"emotional" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVVCVC · "emotionale" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- emotional ← emmotional · emoitonal · emotinoal · emotioanl · emotionall · emotionla · emotionnal · emotoinal
- emotionale ← emmotionale · emoitonale · emotinoale · emotioanle · emotionael · emotionalle · emotionlae · emotionnale
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "emotional" and "emotionale" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "emotional" vs "emotionale" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "emotional" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emotionale" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,947,127 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emotional" and "emotionale" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emotionale vs emotionales". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,947,127 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.